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CITY OFFICIAL PAPER
COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER
NO. 9314
VOL. 29
DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PENDLETON, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1917.
SECRECY IS
NECESSARY
BY
Naval Activities Not Made
Known Because News
Would Help the Enemy.
ENGLISH SECRET
SERVICE IS BEST ,
Solidarity of Briton Shown
By Upholding Lloyd
George.
(11C KD Ij. KEEX.I
(European Manager, United Press.)
I.ONTDoN, Ieo. 2.1. The close of
the year 1917 finds the people of
ireat llritalii grumbling an usual, but
determined as usual.
Despite the war-weariness which
necessarily has affected all the bel
ligerents, there is no more serious
talk In Kngland today of stopping
Khort of a decisive finish than there
was In 1914. The pacifists may be
a bit nosier, but they are no more
numerous, hit consequential than
I hey ever were.
Hut other folks ore nosier too. The
chief symptom of war-wearlnei in
KjiKland is the steadlngly increasing
number of vociferous amateur strate
gists. Most of them are fault-finders.
One p.-ery (Considerable source tf
popular complaint Is the mystery
which surrounds the antl-submurliie
campaign. Ilrltlshers generally would
have a greater appreciation of their
ravy's work If they knew about It.
Now, there are two main reasons
tor the reticence of the lirltish ad
miralty. One is tradition, and the
other Is Germany. The working Brit
ish naval officer Is the embodiment
of llritlsh modesty. It has been so
since the days of Kelson. It isn't
good form' In the navy, to talk about j
your work. It nugnt no consiruea ,
as booming, nnd If there Is anything !
the Englishman abhors It Is this.
The Hrltlsh navy Is doing a lot of I
thine-i thewA Havh that would be read ;
with utmost Interest and profit t
both the Hrltlsh and the allied pub
lic bflt with far greater Interest and
profit by fiermany. This is why suc
cessive new first lords of the admir
alty have speedily been persuaded
that their previously conceived no
tions regarding the desirability of
publicity were all wrong.
It Is difficult for the public to un
derstand why, for instance, weekly
detailed figures of tunnage losses an
well il the number of submarines
sunk should not be published. YniiU
hay the Germans must know mew
Rut they don t!
ining uii-nwonw. ' '
The Hrltlsh secret service is the fin
est of Us kind In the world today
yes, better than the kaiser's ever was
even in the days of Rernstnrff nnd
It knows the Germans don't know.
Therefore it Is
policy to keep them
guessing.
The Hrltlsh admiralty Is convinced
that It would be folly to give the
frerman admiralty opportunity to
check up on the data furnished by
its submarine commanders some of
whom are known to be a trifle over- '
enthusiastic about their own exploits.
Likewise it is most useful to conceal ;
frpm Germany the fate of Its ait h ma- !
rlnes. Some are sunk, some are i
mined, some surrender. and some j
are captured. The rermans know j
how many they have LOST but they j
don't know HOW they were lost. This
element of uncertainty Is a big asset :
to Kngland. It Is one reason why
some German sailors recently hnve J
preferred to go to prison- than em
bark on submarines. j
' The nearest approach to definite j
figures vouchsafed by the admiralty
was when Sir Ki le Oeddes told com- j
mons thnt between 40 and 00 per
cent of all German submarines com-
missioned for work In the northern i
sens since the beginning of the war!
hnd been put out of business. j
In the past year the art of locat- f
Ing nnd destroying submarines ha ;
developed amozlngly, and In both (
these branches of work the Rritlsh
navy has been great ly assisted by
American scientists as well ns the
American navy. Rut. ns Geddes re
cently admitted to commons although
th weekly toll of submarine victims
has been steadily diminishing, the
menntfe the one great problem of
the war Is not yet conquered.
Thanks to the tireless vigilance of
the Hrltlsh navy's patrol work in the
past year, the German fleet has stay
ed off the North Sea. There are no
itmrm tt t hose HDorndic raldlncs of
the Rngllsh coast which ho annoyed j
the Hrltlsh people In the earlier days!
of the war. There was Just one re- i
irr Attn 111 a .mI I n
when two hich-now- I
rreH nfdv German cruisers Under
BRITISH
cover of a fog. threaded their way. "reene Went away not long ago for
out of their Heligoland minefields, an unnamed destination, w ill shortly
sank a convoy of Scandinavian mpr-!'-5 "I"" ' trip. He will be sue-
chantmen and their escorting llritlsh eeclo.t by Brigadier General Frederick
destroyers find got safely back to;SIeinmetz Foltz. who will e cum-
their base. inlander until General Greene returns.
It was not practicable for llrltnln j General Kelt, is an old campaigner.
to combat the German naval opera- having been in the army for many
tlons In the Haltlc against the lius- ! years. He has been in command of a
slnn fleet. Granted the Hrltlsh fleet brigade since the first draft troops
could hnve forced the porllou way j arrived.
IF THE BABY JESUS CAME TO EARTH TODAY j
V L aali 1 f ti " t i 'if V w
: t.. g..... .,... 7 - -ii .-j.ir (- - I- -
through to the Haltie In time and In
- -i ......
it would have been impossible
I to maintain its supplies, and the fleel
would necessarily have died of in-
ami ion
There is not a competent
naval authority In Kngland who
would have auctioned such an ad
venture. Militarily,, llritlFhers have every
reason to be proud of the year's rec
ord. On the west front Haig's successes
have been the most notable British
land achle emeuts of t he war be
ginning with the capture of the high- ,
ly fortified Vimy Ridge in April, fol
lowed by the eoually difficult Mes-
niiitj-w muKf in jiin uiiu iiiiuny uiu-r
Umg scries f unprecedentedly
fierce assaults, the domination of
noi ii v nune tr ujuge m ovem uer. !
.v.iv. i.tfcv i -m-v .
strated Hrltlsli; superiority In drlv-
Ing force, morale, munitions supplies,
air work, (generalship and
ence. In man -power the i
persist-
lerma lis
excelled, having been able to draw
at win trom the iu.ysian irnt.
The achievement was all the mure;
rtmarknhlc inasmuch as It was nn-,Cp
dertnken under the most adverse jsaid. Hippy wrote at once to Livestock went back to Portland. Ouess he
tteather conditions as well as over ; I h rector Sam Thompson for an en- didn'i like the looks nf the army. I
up hill giotiml naturally favoring the ! c'orsement. He got it pronto. for sure hope I get out for the Round
enemy. This prolonged battle mark-1 nippy had proved himself not only a l'p next year.
ed the conquest of the new "pill-1 great rider of backers but an A-l "(Sot a nice little bunch of money
box' sy stein of German defense Just hand with horses. He was accepted coming from my gramlmother's es-
as Arras, Vimy and the Messines pro
gressively vanquished t he maze-1 ike,
ft rro 1 concerted trench system.
In the Fast, following the late
Oenern I Maude's brill ia nt en pture of
Bagdad, after M ur ray's fa ilure at
Gaza, Allenby who replaced him has
been daily ret each Ing ns lessons in
Biblical geog ia p h y .
Rritlan's present solidarity is shown
by the fact that ll is the only bel
ligerent country that in the past year
has not suffered a cabinet upheaval ;
There have been several near-crisis-es,
but In no Instance have these been
the outgrowth of popular disaffec
tion. They have been the iirlit'ieinl:
creat Ions of sma II-sized polit ieta ns.
This was part iru birly t rue In con
nect Ion wit h the recent effort of a
Hltle coterie of J.loyd Georuc's per
sonal foes in parliament to oust him
from the premiership. Their short
sightedness not only left them with
out a leg tit stand upon but resulted
In the greatest triumph of the Welsh
statesman's career.
More than this- 11 marked a new
epoch. Rrita in now stands firmly
and unalterably pledged with It
western allies Mo conduct t he wa r
hereafter on the basis of Oie closest
possible co-ovdinat ion and coopera
tion. All front s a re now one.
.
General Iron to Iam
TAUoMA. Wash.. I'ec. r.. Heneral
irons, wno nils neen m eommanu ;ii .
Cainp Lewis since Major General H.
"HIPPY" BURMEISTER FOUND
THAT A CARD FROM ROUND-UP
. w-rwwm w r v -w
f 'A fXixlh S Wr If if
ViHrUaCO VV C-IVJi
Tt is now Private "Hippy" Bur-
mister, remount station. Camp Lewis,
The well known row boy, who was fan-
ning the itound-l'p buckers in the
tryouta last fall, is now wrangling
horses for the, army and he owos his
Place in the remount station to the
fart that ho was the official tryout
man ior me jtnunu-i p lasi year, ujiunn cuiim n i - .-Minion nunniNifr j jnK Santa's order for millions of dot
i "Hippy" didn't like hiking around now instead of Hippy. AVe have,in .u x-o th Tr.itd sttR
nn foot all nay in the infantry for
Cnwboy dont like to walk. ' He.
therefore, applied for entrance into
the remount station. "Nothing do-
mg, xne capiam paiu. i nere was a
i,,ng to of applicants ahead of him.
jutupv pleaded his long experience
jwitn horses and his expert ability. In
j h : .,irii.ss h. fimill v nient ioiiftl
"
that he had been trying out horses for
jtlie Pendleton Round-lp. "Hring me
a recommendation irom the Round-
and I'll let you in," the officer
and now he's in soft with the captain, tate h:ck east last week. Am sure
for ho bad a good deal to do with the going to get me a little bunch of cat
big frontier show staged at Cam Jvcw- tie when I get out of here but will
Ib recently. take on the Koiuiil-l'p just the same."
UMATILLA COUNTY IS
NEARING
1 "mat ilia county
tod. y
1 00 members shot
mark In the Ked
'hrist mas
membership drive. At 1 1 tills
morning Cain pa in Ma nauer IMshop
totaled the reports front nil over i he
count y, showing !'!'"; mem Itershi ps
itceived. a percentage of of the
quota of 7:, tut.
Though 1 he ca in pa h:n l supposed
to close tonight. .Manager Mlshop an
nounced I hat it would he continued
in t hose communities w hieh have
not yet reached all of 1 he people.
The l',flon mark is a certainty ami 1
1' mat Ilia county, w hieh has led the
state ami t he nat ion from t he first
day of the campaign. will finish
Strom: as In other war campaigns.
Tilot Itock and Kelm both sent in
new reports today, showing that both
had gone well past their quota. The
lolhiw ing is
this morning
Town
the report as tabulated
Quota Members
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M ilton-Freewut.
I'mapine . ...
Kruitvuto . ...
Helix
Kcho
Stanfield
Hermiston . ..
Pilot Hock ...
1'endleton . ..
,1'iuafilla
rm m m w w -i w
- ! 1 I V I H r A rxfVl Y
II Ii I I iU AllViVI I
' lies In Europe had long ago ceased considerable discomfort. Seven base-
Writing to .Mr. Thompson he says : manufacturing toys and like the fac-!bal! teams had been orgunized early
in part: "Just a few lines to let you j tories in Germany were turning outjin November and were playing regu-
know that I am up at the remount j war materials. , larly on Saturdays and Sundays,
station now and am s:ure thanking you por a While this did not worry i Thanksgiving day was a big one for
f'ir the recommend. Had a anow!santa to any great extent. He was athletics in all the nation's camps,
here last Saturday and Sunday and I ! counting- on American factories for and at Camp Logan a collosal field
sure put her on wild, everything on ,uia rr wo tvi x-ar- ThAn meet was staged, with all the trim-
the program, even the drunken ride.
Su nf ish Hurmister
some of vniir old horses her. T'sed 1
Rutter Creek and Long John at the
show. Butter went good but John !
wouldn't go. Hnld Hornet is In the 1
aauuie norse siring anu is ure a goou
rope horse, the best here. Never trys
to buck anv more. Rill Raker is down
in the infantry now. Charley John- J
son :ind t trri ! M ille :iini the K;nt i
boys are up here. I guess you know :
them. Pan Clark and Judge Dixon j
was up to help with the show. Rob
' "
Hall was up
week or two aKo but !
10,000 MARK
rheVuMoi'West Virginia Feud
Ttrino-e Pnral RodiH c 1
nil i-:i-:nr.. wcm
I. --As a re-nlt of a
ut , Ohn rles I Mngexs
Virginia, Dee
feud breuUiu
ent ered t hi
home of Wade M a ream ami killed j
Marcum. Two s..ns injured Mrs 1
Mai
tini. whit killed Ding
ilhiid- llaxc a Dinner. j
Ten unforinn.-.les who spent the
'hrist ma da i
w ere ser e.l a si
ner t bis a ft erne
SheriiV Ta l.q .
tbe prisoners sc
otherwise t he tli'
thing extra."
the county jail
.'ial t'hiNlmas din
1 at L' o'clock by
Vveral friends of
In special dainties,
er was -inst )j;ie-
Girl I lit by Xuioiiiolnlc. j
M iss Gald w .11. about 1 7 earn of '
mui', who 1 i es wit1; her mot to r near
the hospitn I. was h it b an auiomo- j
bile yesierdax eeniiig about (' o'clock'
on east i "on 1 1 si r. et . The ca V w as j
liriven b .laim s HosUins, Sr., of j
Kcho. Miss Caldwell was carried into!
the home of 1 T. Ilab s. and from j
there to the St. AnihonCs hospital.
She was stunned b the blow, tint not
otherw ise seriously hurt.
MONEY S
I
Helix ia on top again. This
time it In In the drive for funds :
for Armenian and Syrian relief.
The Hlix quota was 30U and :
yesterday afternoon the commit-
tee there brought In a rheck
for t440.13.
j "The Pendleton rian" of raising
i money for war purposes is to be ex-
i ,, . , . v. ....
tolled in a c.rcular to be sent out over
the country by the committee in ril)t set to frmuia. It must be
charge of the Armenian and Syrian backed by the Pendleton Spirit, he
Relief Fund. Word to this effect was ays and the Umatilla county spirit a
received Yesterday by Htephen A. ' well.
Lowell, chairman of the Umatilla : A good many of the communities
countv committee, from E. A. Pot- will not begin their drive on this
ter of Spokane, executive secretary. j campaign until tomorrow but already
Mr. I'otter in his letter marvels at several communities, including Pen
the manner in which Umatnia county i dleton, Helix and Pilot Rock, have
has subscribed her quota of this i subscribed their quota.
"MADE IN AMERICA"
TOYS NOW IN VOGUE
(By United Press.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 25. When it
comes to overcoming all obstacles
and "getting there" Santa Claus can
always bo counted on.
He arrived right on time this mor
ning although nearly one half of the
world is engaged in fighting the
other half. Many figured the " war
would delay Santa Claus that he
would have hard time getting ar
ound but ho was here, there and
everywhere last night as the young
sters will testify. Transportation
problems that would baffle the
world's greatest railway experts were
easy for him.
His greatest trouble this year was
with the toy makers. His great toy
I factories in Germany where for many
; years ine majority 01 Lilian iu,vs been played are not numerous, one
I made was otherwise engaged this game was played with Rice Institute
year, Santa's best workmen Instead and one wilh enmi Mc Arthur, which
j of manufacturing toys for the chil- ia at vaco, Texas. The first field
(dren of the world were either fight- ; hospital company organized a team
jing on the Kuropean battlefields or ;w-hieh played these contests,
are making guns, shells, submarines; Baseball is in favor at this camp.
(which men are killing men.
practicaIy alI the Kreat toy factor -
LIR. whpn theMe factories betran fill-
i - -tw
t-Ul- ' Kn 'tmnsformed into wir
f tories. AVork on the toys -was
0-, -imnat nntireiv Th- steel
tin and other materials of which toys
are made were needed for war pur
But Santa hurriedly arranged'
i poses.
things with the war kings and in a 1
. . s ..... .
snort lime me. i".' ivhi i w nc
runni fUn blast
The toys made here in the United
c f o e utio will
f ,' """" '""... .t" " h.I., ..
It'll J llldl WUl ... niiiunu ...
toll you the toys are better than the
"made. in Germany" kind.
In fact tire American made toys
are so much better that a srreat art
of 1 4. 000. ooo worth of toys made in
tJermany but held up in Rotterdam by
the war until just in time to be
brought over to this country on the
Xmas boat were not tised at all and
are still occupying shelf space in toy
shops throughout the country.
So you see when it comes to toys
the war had little or no effect on the
American youngsters Xmas.
POOR OLD CITY DADS,
MAKE EM THE GOATS
niamo it onto the city council as
m ual. This time it is the scarcity of
Christmas trees and the high price
I of t he few that were sold by loca.
j dealers yesterday.
I At least this is the allW of sor-'
I the merchants who made an e -
ford to fill n big demand yesterday
for the Yuletide decoration, but who
- had little success. Their explanation
is that in previous years the couaeil
it her decorated the streets wli n
evergreens or staged a municipal
Christmas tree. I nis a emu. e mam -w
the dealers t get their supply at me
same time and in quantity.
Uut this year the city fathers did
' net uudcrta Ue any decora tins
scheme. As a result only two or
' three big loads of trees were sold
yesienlay. The prices ranged from
' fifty cents for a small top to two
dollars for a sizable fir. The few
I trees that were sold came from Mea
j cham or Cay use.
1 other dealers ascribe the shortage
t in Christmas trees to the scarcity of
j labor. As for the council being tn
1 blame, the city only sent to the hills
j t no year for evergreens and the
i 'onimerclal association. w hieh has
been staging t he municipal evercies.
decided to Hoover i.e on 'hrist mas
this year be
mands mad
campaigns.
ause of the heavy de
nt -on residents by w at
TO BE EXPLOITED
fund, and he states that the general ;
committeemen never get together
without mentioning it. Umatilla
county is the only county in the
northwest that has subscribed over
I20'J0 to this fund and the burden of
Mr. Potter'8 letter Is "How do you do
if
He wants Judge Iwell to send
him all particulars of the plan of
I campaign used here which the com-
niitiue intends incorporating in a cir-
: cular headed, "The Pendleton Plan."
Judge Lowell Is willing to send all the
details of the plan of campaign but
,J(,clarpS ,nat the rendleton plan
BASEBALL POPULAR
IN SOUTHERN CAMP
jj U. f. liAMJ Jl ' S
(United Preaii Staif iJorrfcsiJuniient.
, Sh'AY YORK, Dec. '2h. A division
athletic council, organized much on
: iho same lines as in other camps, is
taking: care of the athletics at Camp
LfOgan. Houston, Texas, where boys
from the Southwest are learning how
to whip the kaiser. Maj. Frederic L,
! Huidt-koper is in charge of the divi
sions' athletic endeavors and is hav-
; iiifj success just the same as other
'division athletic directors, are win
ninif favor by the games.
Field sports has occupied a great
! deal of the time at Camp Logan. Sit
uated in a section, from which it is
hard to travel to other points. Camp
Louan has not had the intersectional
football with which other camps
have been entertained. Nearby col-
( eges wlth wnom games n4'ght have
, largely Decause me weamer in nous-
;ton is such that baseball can be
' played nearly all the year without any
'min&s that go with a college field and
track meet, and some that don't.
In addition to the regular program
nf events there were some contests in
military skill. A squad jump, where-
in four men jump for distance, was a
feature. The first man in this event
marked the starting point of his fol
lowers leap when he broke ground.
and the third man jumped from
where the second landed. There also
w n wall Scalin&T contest. a tent-
- -
pitching tourney, letter bearers race
and other features which have a part
only in military endeavor.
HOLLAND TO GET
FOODSTUFFS HERE
THK HAGUE. Dec. 22. Holland'
agreement with America over food
supplying contemplates the use of a
great part of Hutch shipping. For
eign Minister Iouden told the cham
ber of deputies. It is stated the pact
would provide Holland the necessary
food stuffs for use of all but Hol
land's passenger ships and Belgian
lelief vessels.
I, W. W. SECRETARY !
GIVES HIMSELF UP
PORTLAND. Dec. 22. C. L. Grif
fin, former secretary of the I. V. W.
at Pellingham. was ordered sent to
Chicago when brought before a fed
eral comimssioner as one of the men
named in the government s remt
wholesale indictment. riffin sur
rended when ho heard he was want
ed. IIOTKIj l'Ml'LOYKS II VH
Ri:i tilths iHKISTM S
It was strictly a Ked Cross
Christmas for everyone connect
ed w it h the Pendleton hotel.
1 rem Head Clerk Clarence Ver
non tn t hi' elevator bo s.
Por the twenty-four employes
of that Institution were present
ed with one dollar memberships
in that humanitarian organisa
tion by Manager .V. l. Swearin
gen esterday a a Christmas
gift. Kvery person connected
with the hotel was wearing this
morning t he Ked Cross em- w
Mem.
Counting the memberships of
M r. and M rs. Swearingen, the
hotel in em be rs hip now totals
L't'i. Which is absolutely a 1
per cent showing.
BOLSHEVIK!
WILL THROW
UP SPONGE
Nicholas Lenine, Is Said To ,
Be Preparing
Petrograd.
to Flee
RADICAL LEADERS SEE
THEIR DREAMS VANISH
Peace Negotiations to Fail
Unless Allies Join, They
Realize, ;
STOCKHOLM, Iec. 25. Nicholas
Lenine. Bolshevik! leader ia preparing
to flee Petrograd, according to au
thoratlve information. Seeing the
Bolshevik! power crumbling and
fighting going on hourly in the streets
Lenine is said to have despaired ot
the fulfillment ot the dream he had
i'vr a radical regime. The Bolshevikl
leiid rs realize tm ir peace negotiations
;tie likt-iy to fu-i! unless tiiu alliea Join
in the parleys. They also realize that
the failure of negotiations means th
Russian army and people would ' be
against them. The Petrograd garri
son decided thnt all t roc paw ill act as
the majority of soldiers direct. The
Bolshevikl appointees for local admin
istrative) work are preparing procla
mation surrendering power to ft eon
stituent assembly. ,
Joint Reply Expected.
LONDON", Dec. 25. No official war
announcements were Issued today.
Holland advices say the centra pow
ers decided to make a joint reply, to
the Russian peace proposal.
The kaiser's speech to the second
army is obviously for home consump
tion. Owing to anxiety for peace be
fore America enters her troops, the
kaiser could not hone his threats will
have any effect outside ot Germany.
The central powers reply" to the
Russian proposals may constitute a.
new German peace feeler it Is believed
here. The west front is still inactive,
giving rise to the belief that a calm
may be due and that both sides are
preparing for the much heralded
German offensive by distributing
troops. No great concern ia felt as
a result of. the resumption of the
Italian offensive by Germany. French
and British reinforcements there will
easily enable the Italians to hold back:
the drive
Germany Was Meant.
TOKYO, Dec. 25. The Japanese
foreign office made a statement today
regarding the Bolshevikl disclosure of
a secret Russian-Japanese pact - to
fight to prevent any third power gain
ing supremacy in China, The state
ment said the "third power" referred
to was Germany and said the British
and American interests in China are
not threatened. ,
COMMERCIAL ASS'fl
PROTESTS AGAINST
EMBARGO ON FUEL
The Pendleton Commercial Associ
ation yesterday afternoon made for
mal protest against the tentative rul
ing of the fuel administration placing
an embargo on the shipping of Utah
and Wyoming coal vest of La Grande.
The protest was addressed to Fred J.
Holmes of La Grande, fuel adminis
trator for Oregon, and reads as fol
lows: Pendleton. Ore., Dec. 24, 1917.
Mr. Fred J. Holmes,
Fuel Administrator for Oregon,
Portland. Oregon.
My Denr Sir: The Commercial
Association of , Pendleton has learned
of the tentative ruling of the Federal
Fuel Administration, which places an
-'ubargo on. shipments of Vtah aa.1
Wyoming coal to points west of La
Grande, and tews the prospect of an
enforcement of such a, rule with con
sternation.
We respectfully protest against such
action, and In support of our protest,
cite our at ten 1 ion to t he follow In t
facts: Pendleton people have Ion a
used these grades of coal almost ex
clusively; the grates and other de
tails of fuel consuming apparatus in
Pendleton are, consequently, practi
cally all adapted to the use' of then
fuels, and consumers generally ar
familiar with their burning qualitlm.
A necessary substitution of lignite,
would, thererefore be Impracticable,,
and subject our people ti extreinw
hardsh ip.
We hope that such drastic action
may not be necessary, and respect
fully urge thnt the announced ruling
may be so modified, that Pendltm
may bo Included among the places to
w hieh I'tah and Wyoming coal may
be shipped and delivered to consum
ers. Very rcMpectfutl v.
J. V. TALLMA.V, Prtiident.
C. K. CltA.VSTvjX. Secretary.